Nicotine

 Use this webpage to complete the related worksheet. 

If a person smokes daily, they are dependent on the nicotine in cigarettes. To stop smoking they will probably need assistance from a health care professional. A health care professional will help them to prepare and to make a plan.

If a person smokes weekly or monthly, changes are taking place in their brain that are making them increasingly dependent on nicotine. They are also developing a habitual behaviour. The longer they continue to smoke, the more difficult it will become to stop.

Nicotine Quiz: Use the nicotine question sheet to complete the quiz below. Once you have finished the quiz check your answers and complete the related questions.
 * No || Quiz Questions || True or False ||
 * 1 || A cigarette is a vehicle for rapidly delivering nicotine to the brain ||  ||
 * 2 || Smokers are dependent on nicotine; they are not dependent on cigarettes ||  ||
 * 3 || Most people become regular smokers because they decide to ||  ||
 * 4 || Each time you smoke a cigarette, chemical changes are taking place in your brain ||  ||
 * 5 || Each time you smoke a cigarette, you become less sensitive to nicotine ||  ||
 * 6 || You are dependent on nicotine within the first 100 cigarettes ||  ||
 * 7 || The younger you are, the more rapidly you become dependent on nicotine ||  ||
 * 8 || Smoking may cause health problems including cancer, emphysema, bronchitis, halitosis and heart disease ||  ||
 * 9 || Tobacco is responsible for more deaths than any other drug ||  ||
 * 10 || Tobacco only harms smokers ||  ||